Abstract: The water ecological footprint and water ecological carrying capacity of Taiyuan city were calculated.According to water ecological deficit, Ten thousand yuan GDP water ecological footprint, water resource ecological pressure and water resource sustainability index,the water resource sustainable utilization of Taiyuan city from 2006 to 2016 was analyzed.The results showed that the annual ecological deficit of water resource utilization of Taiyuan city was 0.305 hm2/cap.The water ecological economic system is in a state of unsustainable development.However,according to the calculation results of Ten thousand yuan GDP water ecological footprint and other indicators,the unsustainable development of water resource of Taiyuan city has a trend of improvement.